The moment SM released all the music in the album, countless clicks poured in. The two new songs "if you" and "exodus" added to the regular second album were instantly ranked on the list after countless listens. The forefront position.
Relatively speaking, the ballad "If Your" has been favored by more people. After watching the live broadcast of EXO's regular second album press conference, many people are interested in what Chi Jingyuan said in an interview. , became his favorite song on the entire album.
In countless different places, living rooms, bedrooms, streets, alleys, busy bars, and even driving cars, this song rang in the ears of countless people at the same time.
The sound of the guitar sounded softly, melodiously entering everyone's heart, just like the ripples caused by raindrops on the river, so soft and silent.
The extremely simple chords and soothing melody put people into a sad rhythm without even realizing it.
It's just a prelude, and it immediately captures the listener's ears.
"She stayed away from me."
"I'm at a loss."
"But I stood there like a fool."
Chi Jingyuan opened the song with a hoarse and deep voice, reciting his lyrics in a straightforward manner. He didn't seem to have much emotional investment, but it was just a few simple words, a few sounds, and a few This chord seems to have told a story and a regret.
"I can only watch the departing figure."
"Know that it turns into a small dot and disappears."
"Will this time be forgotten as time goes by?"
The voices of several lead singers appeared one after another, with different voices and singing styles, but the same aftertaste and emotion.
Many familiar fans can recognize it at once. From the beginning to now, the voices of the four lead singers of EXO have appeared one after another, with very few parts from other members. Obviously this is another team building for the lead singer of the group.
But a song with this kind of atmosphere and melody needs this kind of immersive voice and singing skills.
"if you~~"
"if you~~"
"If it's not too late."
"Can we go back to where we were before?"
When it comes to the chorus, the rhythm and tone still haven't improved significantly. It's still the same low singing as before. The sound like the night wind echoes in the ears. Even if there is no picture, it can still make many people listen. A picture appeared in front of people's eyes. They seemed to see Chi Jingyuan and several people standing on the empty and dark stage. Under only a dim and dim light, they looked at them vaguely and reluctantly, each holding a microphone. He lowered his head and sang sadly and devotedly.
Everyone seems to be talking about their own memories and the person in the memories.
This is not a happy song, it is a sad song.
This is not a song that gets people excited. It is a song that is suitable for a person to stay quietly somewhere and taste it quietly.
But it is a beautiful song, a song that can bring back memories.
"If you're in as much pain as I am."
"Can't we get along more easily?"
"I regret not cherishing it when I was here."
Finally, Chi Jingyuan, who ended the song, had a calm voice without much fluctuation. It seemed to be just an ordinary ending to an ordinary story.
But the moment the music disappeared, that strong sense of regret flooded everyone's heart.
After listening to this song, many people couldn't help but become quiet. Even though the surrounding environment may be very noisy, he can still feel the waves deep in his heart.
Under various mixed emotions, after listening to the last paragraph, many people had thoughts similar to 'I have lost someone important' or 'Someone is leaving me'.
However, after a period of reminiscence and sadness, they helplessly discovered that the person who disappeared and gradually left him was just himself yesterday.
After listening to the song "if you", many people who knew or were familiar with Chi Jingyuan, such as Bae Zhuhyun, Zhou Ziyu, and even Zheng Eunji, Son Naeun, etc., looked at it inadvertently. From the position of the composer, looking at the very familiar name, thinking of the music he just heard and the feelings in his heart, he was speechless for a while, each with his own thoughts.
Because of the release of the entire album, the songs that had previously dropped in rankings and even missed the charts have all returned and been directly ranked at the top. For example, in Melon's real-time chart, among the top 12 at this time, ten The singers of this song are all exo.
The other two songs were released at the same time as them. Bigbang's two new songs this month, "Sober" and "Last Dance", ranked third and fourth respectively.
With the arrival of late June, major girl groups have begun to gradually return. Recently, various girl groups’ summer songs have become regulars on the charts, and they have also begun to guide the recent trend in the music industry to female idol groups. ,
Sistar, known as the 'Queen of Summer', returned to join the summer war with her third mini-album on the 23rd. The sound source of the title song "Shake It" was very fast, breaking the charts 13 times in 6 days, setting a new record for a girl group. Although "Boy with Luv" did not win the weekly crown due to its extremely exaggerated momentum and very strong results, it still remains firmly at the top of the major music charts.
However, at this time, on the real-time charts of major music sources on the peninsula, the top ten positions were almost occupied by two boy groups. Sistar's "Shake It" was directly squeezed out. Although it is definitely only temporary, it still makes people sigh. , these two top boy groups have really transcended the category of boy groups. They themselves represent popularity and trends.
After all, when will the music source of boy groups be able to compete with that of girl groups? In the past, there was only Big Bang. Since this year, another one has been added, Exo.
This airborne performance has long been a very normal thing for passers-by. With the return in recent months, Peninsula is very accustomed to people who follow kpop, whether they are fans or not, in the early morning at the beginning of every month. Go listen to the two new songs released by EXO and BigBang. The development of this kind of inertia and recognition is really a rare thing.
Early the next morning, large and small entertainment media naturally began to report on the release of EXO's second album. Now this regular second album, which has been delayed for five months, is finally in everyone's sight. In front of me, ten well-produced songs have been included in countless people's playlists, endlessly looping.
All well-known practitioners in the music industry, as well as professional music critics, and even senior kpop fans also stood up to express their opinions and evaluations of the "exo-l" album after the album was released.
One of them is very famous in a certain music forum and has many musicians. A review post posted by many musicians the next day was upvoted by many people and was also reprinted by some self-media releases:
[What to do if an album is full of title songs - On the undeniable god album "exo-l"]
"In the early hours of this morning, I finally waited for the release of EXO's regular second album. I finally listened to the last two songs that I had been looking forward to for a long time. After re-circulating all the songs in the album several times, I listened to them overnight. Wrote this music review.
I have made many comments about the songs in the previous single albums many times. For example, "Call Me Baby" is a dance song that is trendy and handsome to the extreme. From the melody, to the meaning, to the MV, it is extremely excellent. "Spring", "lht" full of campus vitality, and "boy with luv" are songs that have incredible results and no longer need to be evaluated. I have said this more than once.
So this time I will mainly talk about this album and how exaggerated its quality is.
Friends and relatives who are involved in the kpop circle should know that song resources are very tight for most idol groups and even singers.
A good song that has the potential to be a hit as soon as you hear it may go through fierce competition in private before it finally gets the title. Some well-known songwriters, such as "Double Kick" and "Black Eyes Must Win", are subject to I don’t know how long the commission has been scheduled. If you want to get songs from them, you still need strong connections and connections.
As for small companies without connections, they can only rely on ordinary songwriters or try their luck by accepting some songs that others are not optimistic about.
Therefore, being able to get a high-quality song as the title song is already a very good thing for some idols from small and medium-sized companies, and other songs included in an album will naturally not be so serious and serious. If you pay attention, the quality will be much lower than the main products. This is also a common problem of most idol groups.
One is due to limitations of habit, and the other is that I really can’t get good songs.
What makes me feel most helpless and sad about EXO's regular second album this time is that there are ten songs in the album, at least all of which are of title song quality.
Not to mention the several hit singles that were already on the list and were the main hits, and not to mention the included songs like "Orientation Sniper" that are more popular than the main hits. Even "El Dorado" and "Butterfly" are very popular songs. It's more than enough to serve as the title song for an ordinary, second-tier or so boy band.
As for the two newly released songs, "exodus" is a very unique dance song with a strong rhythm and exotic style. In terms of quality and popularity, it may not be as good as the previous XO hit songs, but it is definitely It's a song above the standard, I personally like it very much.
And "If You" is even more to my liking. As soon as the intro started playing, I was completely mesmerized. Yuan seemed bland, but in fact his very contagious opening introduction was simply amazing. His The emotional brewing and expression are really great (by the way, this song is still his first song. I don’t know how he wrote this song, which mainly expresses lovelorn and regret. I always feel that his face and this The theme and style don’t quite match).
At the same time, the other lead singers also performed very well, expressing the feeling of regret and reluctance extremely well.
I feel that this song can compete for the honor of EXO's best ballad. I have commented before that compared to other boy groups, SM likes to release ballads for EXO, but they are not shoddy and the quality of the songs they give is the same. Surprisingly good.
Some of the best ballads from EXO that I personally rated before include "Moonlight", "Let It Be" and "Spring Day" released this year. Now "If You" can also be added to the discussion.
There may be some EXO fans who are very dissatisfied with this song, because you can only hear the voices of four people in the whole song, and only the four lead singers have their own prats. After listening to the song, the other members realized that they probably did not participate. recording of this song.
But to be honest, for a ballad like "If You" that requires a lot of emotional expression, only members with lead vocal skills can sing it well, and the others are really not up to one level.
Try it yourself. Change the opening introduction, chorus and final part of "if you", and replace Yuan's voice with Wu Shixun's distinctive electronic music. Try to imagine it and you will know the difference. .
I can only say that exo fans are really lucky. Exo has four members who are at the level of lead singers, which is rare in other idol groups.
This is actually the reason why EXO, as a boy band, doesn't feel awkward at all when singing ballads, and many of their songs are unexpectedly good.
Returning to the topic, although the two new songs "exodus" and "if you" may not be as popular as the previous hits, the quality is absolutely nothing to say, especially the latter. I really like this song. .
Looking back now, in the album "exo-l", the ten songs are at least at the level of an ordinary boy band. Among them, there are more than one, and even as many as three or four, which can lead the explosion of the moment. song.
You should know that you don’t usually see a few of these big hits in a year. If you come across one by chance, it can directly knock a second- or third-tier boy group to the status of a first-tier popular group.
(Insert, Yuan’s contribution is really big... Anyone who knows Yuan should know that he is really quite powerful. He has almost all the talents and abilities needed for an idol. They are all the best. I see that fans of many groups give their idols the title of "rainbow fart", but only Yuan's "natural idol" is the one I recognize the most.
The configuration of EXO's members is already very good in all aspects from appearance to strength. The addition of Yuan directly raised the upper limit of the entire group by a large amount. Lee Soo Man was able to make a temporary addition on the eve of EXO's debut. This decision of man is really admirable. )
And now this album has this configuration. I can only say that it is really too luxurious.
It's so luxurious that it makes people feel heartbroken. It makes people sigh at SM's wealth. It's so extravagant that it makes other small companies jealous. It's so extravagant that it makes people speechless.
In the entire history of kpop, it is difficult to find an album with such a luxurious song arrangement. It really feels like SM has taken out all the best songs in the music library for several years. Maybe it was really scared by last year's turmoil.
However, Bigbang, which competed with XO at the same time, actually released several excellent songs this time around. The two new songs released this month are also excellent.
If the quality of BigBang's newly added songs when they release their regular album next month can reach this level, then the overall quality of their "Made" album can be compared to "Exo-L".
But looking at it now, although BigBang's songs are equally good, they were still weaker than EXO at the time. This is why they were considered by many passers-by and even professionals (including me) in June to be at a disadvantage in the competition and even lost. The main reason for the competition among top boy groups is that their title songs are still not as popular as their rivals.
As for the other three-generation boy groups that existed at the same time as EXO, there is no need to mention them. The quality and influence of the songs in this regular second album alone are enough for them to follow them for a lifetime. Maybe they will not be able to release such an album until the group is disbanded, or this A hit song.
I can only say that the three generations of boy bands at the same time as EXO were really unlucky. Even if I am not an idol, I can still feel the powerlessness of being thrown away by others.
So what should you do when you encounter an album that has all the hit songs, a variety of styles, dance music and lyricism coexisting, including several big hits, and such a luxurious configuration?
Of course I bought it and collected it for my relatives and friends.
Even though the eight songs in the entire album have been released one after another in the past few months, it still cannot change the quality of this album which has reached an amazing level.
Many musicians and fans previously believed that EXO's regular album "xoxo" was a divine album. I don't deny it. After all, "xoxo" is indeed an album of extremely high quality, with many familiar and popular songs.
But this time the second album "exo-l" came out, redefining the concept of "divine specialty" and setting a new standard for "divine specialty".
Going through the history of kpop, it is probably not easy to find a few albums that are equally good. This is probably the reason why the album can still achieve the terrifying pre-sales figure of more than 800,000 even though most of the songs in the album have been released.
(Insert, this number is really a bit exaggerated. After pre-sales, it is not difficult for EXO’s regular second album to reach one million single copies. It is estimated that it will take less than a week. Plus the sales of the first four singles, if you are paying attention Anyone familiar with market data will find that as of July 2015, EXO's physical album sales accounted for more than 60% of the entire sales volume.
In other words, as of today, the total number of physical albums sold by all returning artists in the music industry in the first half of the year is less than that of EXO. It’s really hard for me to imagine how they did it. They just relied on fans to pay for it. Moving to a specialization would be too biased.
According to statistics, last year in 2014, the overall physical sales volume for the whole year was about 7.6 million, and now the total sales of exo account for almost half.
It can only be said that the top groups in each era have their own differences from other groups. This kind of group is not limited by things like ceilings and the market. They themselves are the ones who create the ceiling. EXO’s sales are really The scariest thing I have ever seen, bar none)
(By the way, one last comment. In my personal opinion, this time the competition between exo and bigbang, the two top boy groups, has been decided. Exo has already achieved success in terms of sales, music sources, YouTube, influence, popularity, etc. The data surpassed him in all aspects and even crushed his opponents.
Even if BigBang has a big hit song in the future, it will be difficult to save this situation. Maybe the music source will overtake them, but the huge difference in sales is like a chasm in front of them. They really don't share the same style.
Barring any major accidents, EXO will officially reach the top by the end of this year, becoming the unquestionable top among all boy groups and even idol groups in this era.
In fact, I think this can be said now, although of course many people will not admit it)
Even for EXO myself, I think it will be difficult for such high-quality albums to appear again in the future, so for relatives and friends who like kpop, it will be a bit regretful not to buy this album.
Maybe some fans of .p or other boy groups think that my evaluation is too biased. The whole article is about bragging about EXO’s achievements and songs. They think that I have received money from SM, or I am a fan of EXO. of.
I hereby solemnly declare that I have never received any money from SM.
As for who is a fan... Friends who are familiar with me know that I have not been a fan of any boy bands before.
But now, it's really not certain. "
